New York Governor Issues A Proclamation

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NEW YORK GOVERNOR DAVID A. PATERSON ISSUES A PROCLAMATION ACKNOWLEDGING ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

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April 23 2008

CA

 

93rd Anniversary Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide to be Held

in Times Square On Sunday, April 27th From 2-4 PM

 

NEW YORK, April 23, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- New York Governor David

A. Paterson issued a Proclamation for the Empire State to join in

with the entire community to commemorate the 93rd anniversary of

the Armenian Genocide. In the proclamation, the Governor states,

"Whereas, it is fitting that all New Yorkers recognize the hardships

the Armenians faced, for the purpose of preventing such as the Armenian

Genocide of 1915-23 from recurring and to appreciate the United States

role as a refuge for all oppressed people."

 

The public is welcome to participate in the 93rd Anniversary

Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide to be held in Times Square

(43rd & Broadway) on Sunday, April 27 from 2-4 PM. Organized by

the Knights & Daughters of Vartan, an Armenian-American fraternal

organization, the Commemoration theme is "We Cannot Forget, We Will

Not Forget." Armenian-Americans and their supporters will gather to

pay tribute to the 1.5 million Armenians who were annihilated by the

Young Turk Government of the Ottoman Empire. The Commemoration will

also celebrate the survival of the Armenian people, their rich heritage

and their contributions. Dennis R. Papazian, PhD, Founding Director

of the Armenian Research Center of the University of Michigan and

Mary A. Papazian, PhD, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic

Affairs at Lehman College, C.U.N.Y, will preside over the ceremonies.

 

Commemoration participants will include Armenian Genocide survivors

and their families, elected officials, and humanitarian, cultural,

religious, educational and community leaders. Distinguished speakers

include U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ); U.S. Representative Frank

Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on Armenian

Issues; Carla Garapedian, director of the award-winning documentary

Screamers, which explores the history of reoccurrence and denial of

genocides in the 20th and 21st centuries; Attorney Mark J. Garagos,

who helped lead groundbreaking Federal Class Action Lawsuits against

New York Life and other insurance companies for insurance polices

issued to Armenians living in Turkey prior to the Armenian Genocide;

Alex Hinton, PhD, Director of the Study of Genocide and Human

Rights at Rutgers University and Vice President of the International

Association of Genocide Scholars; and Dr. Daniel Jonah Goldhagen,

author of Hitler's Willing Executioners. In 2009, Goldhagen will

host the PBS documentary Worse Than War, based on his forthcoming

book exploring the general phenomenon of genocide throughout the world.

 

Armenian Genocide Experts Sam Azadian and Dr. Dennis R. Papazian

are available for media interviews via phone and in-person. Armenian

Genocide Survivors are also available (with translators) to discuss

their eyewitness accounts as refugees from the Armenian Genocide. Their

painful accounts of the horrendous horrors and mass destruction

they witnessed and lived through are critical contributions to world

history.

 

Free round-trip bus transportation will be available from all Armenian

New York and New Jersey churches, Baruyr's (40th Street & Queens

Boulevard) and the Hovnanian School, New Milford, New Jersey. For

information about the Commemoration and bus transportation contact:

Dr. Dennis Papazian-PH: (201) 505-1591.

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There you go - that's the spirit ~~~ Thank you brotha ~~~ this is what I like to see one day in Cali - inviting the mexicans to join the rally!!!